The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia - MOCA GA

10/09/2026

Save the date! 2025/2026 Working Artist Project Fellow Wilay Méndez Páez opening reception is on October 23 from 6 PM - 8 PM! - https://mailchi.mp/0fd141c1d8c8/upcoming-exhibitions-and-events-14196087

10/07/2026

The wait is over! After years of fundraising and planning, MOCA GA welcomes visitors to a new space designed to support its mission: collecting, preserving, exhibiting, and making the work of contemporary artists living and working in Georgia accessible.

Come visit us this week:
Wednesday 12-5 PM, Thursday 12-8 PM, Friday 12-8 PM, and Saturday 12- 5 PM.

MOCA GA will be closed for installation Oct 13-17.

Starting Tuesday, October 20, MOCA GA will resume regular museum hours from 12:00–5:00 PM. - https://mailchi.mp/debebff1bd6d/upcoming-exhibitions-and-events-14195938

10/02/2026

Save the date! Join us for the opening reception of La aleatoriedad de los símbolos/The Randomness of the Symbols by 2025/2026 Working Artist Project Fellow Wilay Méndez Páez on Friday, October 23.

Wilay Méndez Páez work explores the intersections of everyday life, urban space, and human connection through the lens of his identity as a Black Hispanic Caribbean man.

Tickets for the opening reception will be released soon. Visit our website for more information.
- https://mailchi.mp/43624033dc69/upcoming-exhibitions-and-events-14195771

10/01/2026

Calling all Georgia artists! MOCA GA is now accepting submissions for Gathered VII: Georgia Artists Selecting Georgia Artists!

Juried by Hannah Israel, Craig Drennen, and Kelly Taylor Mitchell, this biennial exhibition celebrates the incredible talent of artists across Georgia. First Gathered exhibition in MOCA GA’s new building!

Deadline: November 1, 2026 at midnight. To learn more and submit your work, visit our website at mocaga.org https://mailchi.mp/11154f235a54/upcoming-exhibitions-and-events-14195710

07/31/2026

Congratulations to the 2026/2027 Working Artist Project winners! MOCA GA is so excited to have Jessica Elaine Blinkhorn, Sonya Yong James, and Marie Munk join the Working Artist Project Fellowship program. To learn more about our newest fellows, visit the 2026/2027 WAP Winners page on our website! - https://mailchi.mp/0bceb53fe9b8/upcoming-exhibitions-and-events-14193813

07/31/2026

🎉 Congratulations to the 2026/2027 Working Artist Project Fellows: Jessica Elaine Blinkhorn, Sonya Yong James, and Marie Munk!

We are thrilled to celebrate these exceptional artists as they begin their Working Artist Project fellowships!

A heartfelt thank you to our 2026/2027 Guest Curator, Evan Garza, for their thoughtful selection process!

“It was a genuine privilege and joy to serve as guest curator for MOCA GA’s Working Artist Project and to be immersed in Metro Atlanta’s exciting community of artists. The process of narrowing down the applicants to just eight semifinalists was quite a challenge given the incredible diversity and caliber of artistic practice among applicants from greater Atlanta. A far more difficult challenge was the process of selecting just three fellows from among the artists with whom I had the pleasure of performing studio visits this week. Each of the semifinalists are brilliant, deeply talented practitioners, and all of whom are deserving of this award.

“Based on these criteria, the following artists have been selected as 2026 WAP Fellows: Jessica Elaine Blinkhorn produces challenging performance and interdisciplinary work which questions conceptions and assumptions about persons with disabilities, and whose work is aimed at effectuating political and legal change through a discourse of care and caretaking; Sonya Yong James works masterfully with textiles and organic materials, engaging with memory — personal, cultural, and ancestral — to create objects whose curious and exciting physical forms are unforgettable; and Marie Munk, a Danish immigrant living and working in Atlanta, whose large-scale sculptures and interactive installations explore the tension between society, the human body, and our reliance on technology. Each of these artists reflects MOCA GA’s creative ethos, its emphasis on the achievements of Georgia’s contemporary artists, and the mentorship and creative aims of the Working Artist Project. I congratulate these artists and wish to thank and convey my deep appreciation to all artists who applied.” - Evan Garza, Curator, MASS MoCA

07/31/2026

TONIGHT! 2026 WAP BASH! Join us at 6:30 PM for MOCA GA's annual WAP BASH as we announce the 2026–2027 Working Artist Project Fellows!

📍 Venue B6 at the Goat Farm (located just to the right of MOCA GA)
🗓️ Tonight, July 31
🕡 6:30 PM

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Join us tonight, Friday, July 31, at 6:30 PM for WAP BASH, MOCA GA's annual celebration announcing the 2026–2027 Working Artist Project Fellows.

07/31/2026

🎉🎉 Tonight’s the night! 🎉🎉

Join us at 6:30 PM for MOCA GA’s annual WAP BASH as we announce the 2026/2027 Working Artist Project Fellows!

This year’s fellows will be announced by guest curator Evan Garza, a global contemporary art scholar, q***r art historian, and Curator at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts. Garza’s distinguished career includes a Fulbright Scholarship at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), grants from the Teiger Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation, and curatorial leadership roles at the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Garza also co-founded the Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR), the world’s first residency dedicated exclusively to LGBTQIA2S+ artists.

📍 Venue B6 at the Goat Farm
(located just to the right of MOCA GA)
🗓️ Tonight, July 31
🕡 6:30 PM

The Working Artist Project (WAP) is a year-long fellowship program facilitated by the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA). Created to champion established visual artists of merit residing in the Atlanta metropolitan region, WAP provides support, visibility, and resources to advance artistic practices.

WAP is supported through grants from the Charles Loridans Foundation, The Antinori Foundation, the PNC Foundation, and the Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.

For more information, visit mocaga.org or click the link in our bio.

Portrait of Evan Garza by Gillian Heck.

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07/29/2026

Join us this Friday, July 31st at 6:30pm to celebrate the announcement of the 2026/2027 Working Artist Project Fellows at MOCA GA’s annual WAP BASH.
This year’s guest curator, Evan Garza (Evan Garza) from MASS MoCA, will announce the new cohort.

💫 MOCA GA’s 2026 WAP BASH
📅 Friday 7/31
⏰ 6:30pm
📍 B6 at Goat Farm

Image of WAP Fellows and Director Annette Cone-Skelton at the 2025 WAP BASH courtesy of MOCA GA (MOCA GA). 📸
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The Working Artist Project (WAP) is a year-long fellowship program at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia that supports established visual artists of merit who reside in the metropolitan Atlanta area. This initiative provides an unparalleled level of support for individual artists, expands the Museum’s mission, and strengthens the arts and cultural component of Atlanta. Each year, a guest curator selects three artists who represent our city’s best and brightest.
Evan Garza is a global contemporary art scholar, q***r art historian, and Curator at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts. Recent honors include a Fulbright Scholarship at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) and grants from Teiger Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation. Garza has held curatorial and institutional leadership roles at the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas, and School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (now SMFA at Tufts). Garza was cofounder of Fire Island Artist Residency (FIAR), a New York nonprofit and the first residency program in the world exclusively for LGBTQIA2S+ artists. They earned their M.A. from the Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art at the Clark Art Institute.

Learn more at mocaga.org